We all have a battery supply of energy we live off of. It's the supply for us physically, emotionally, spiritually - every part of who we are.
It's good to have a battery that is fully (or at least more than half) charged. The energy is drained by activities, involvements, circumstances, events, experiences, people, being alone - by
LIFE. Often it is recharged by some of the same things.
This is significant -
What drains us and what recharges us varies from person to person . . .Here are some things that recharge me . . .- Operating in God's strength (instead of my own)
- Using God's unique spiritual gifts given to me in the specific ways He seems to have focused and developed them. For me that includes:
Leadership - Investing in, developing, and directing people to fulfill mission
Administration - organizing, developing systems, plans, and procedures to accomplish the mission
Exhortation - my speaking gift - knowing, expressing and explaining God's Word
- Seeing God-intitiated life change - tranformed lives by God's grace - I never tire hearing of stories of peoples lives
- Seeing teams form, build, and be used by God
- Time alone - especially if I can quiet myself enough to listen
- Praying with others - I am always recharged by this - I have built "mini prayer meetings" into my life with consistent people - Tuesdays, Saturdays, Sundays. I am so much more effective in prayer with others than alone
- EVEE - Did you know I have a grandaughter?
- Hugs and smiles
- Hiking, volleyball, reading, riding my scooter
- Time with Gwen. Time with friends
You might be asking - So, what drains me? Or, So what do you do as a result of knowing this?
That's for another entry . . .